Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-11
GOTHAM F0RTY-NINERS
GET A FRESH GRIP ON THE THROAT
OF CAPITAL.

An Indefinite Number of Thousands OF
Workmen Ordered to ouit-A Robust
Doubt, However, of Prompt Obedience
How Things Look Along the Docks
An Fairly Morning Raid.
New YORK, Feb. Ito any one who
takes walk along the docks, there is every
appearance that the great strike of long
shoremen has failed The freight seems to
be promptly moved, the steamers are
promptly loaded and unloaded, and talks
with the employers confirm this view. They
say the strike is over; they have all the men
they want, AM are not negotiating with the
Knightsof Labor or anybody else for COM
promise. In fact they have no interest in
the matter. II Assembly 10 is still exerting
itself and has time to keep up the talk of a
strike that is its business, but the docks are
manned nevertheless and those who struck
may HINT other work.
In Jersey city tie striking freight handlers
of the Erie railway made raid upon pier
q of the company's docks where zoo of the
Italians who had taken their places were
asleep at . a. IN, but the police drove them
off without much difficulty. With the ex-
cep ion of few minor brawls here and there
along the river front the new men are al
lowed TO work i'll peace, although many of
them are guarded by the police
The stationary engineers were ordered out
Thursday by District assembly, A. K, of L.,
and are much dissatisfied with the order and
will probably disobey IL They would will
ingiy have gone cut earlier in the strike, but
they consider the fight over now. The beer
brewers. who were also ordered to go cut at
t. m FRI lay will not go out. Most of them
are under pledge to serve year without
causing their employers trouble. This pledge
was made in consideration of wage conces.
sions and they do not feel like breaking faith.
The ale brewers may go out, as they are not
SO well organized, and are not under the
same pledge They number about 9, 500 and
their stopping work would affect sixty brew.
cries, and cause loss of about Sl90, 900 Oh
unfinished goods.
The number of those VINO Will b. thrown
out by the strike Of the engineers viii run
far into the thousands. No exact general
estimate can be formed at present, but it Is
certain that if they do quit the majority Of
the big factories will have to close down.
No. 40 claims that on the strength of assur,
ances that arrangements We're being made
for arbitrating tue ccal troubles it rested on
its oars and lost some ground. Now it in
tends to regain that ground and get some
more The members OF 49s executive board
say they have positive information that some
of the coal companies ara pressed for leans
by the national banks, and they believe that,
with the arrangements they are making III
connection with the stopping Of work by the
employees of brewerles and engineers, the De.
mand for coal will grow SO limited that the
coal companies will be glad tc come to terms
The ostensible reason for these strikes
| is that the breweries AMI Other manufac,
tories are using ''srab" coal
A high official of No 80 said: You eau
say that ell stories that the strike was on the
| point of disrupting AMI coming to an END
have been made tn ouyh misunderstanding
or manufactured cut If whole cloth DIS
| trict assembly No ~ had Simply ceas d
| from pushing matters further III the idcG
| that the coal companies We're about to have
| all differences settled by arbitration. Wehav,
| been un1eceived on that point, and now W
| intend to renew the bate with u vengeance
| Nor Will the extension OF the strike stop with
the measures 10 be carried out FrIiay. u
| necessary We shall call out men IN othel
| lines District ~ is now determined to fight
the battle 10 the bitter enl, and instead o
meeting with defeat We are more than evel
confident of achieving success